WINTER 2022 / REAL-LEADERS.COM 87 SUSTAINABLY YOURS Recycled Gifts Help Save the Environment Newly makes beautiful home goods from 100% recycled or repurposedmaterials. The company began in 2016 with five friends,who identified what they believed to be a severe problem: not enough consumer goods made from recycled content. Each product is made from 100% recycled or repurposedmaterials to help conserve the Earth's finite natural resources. In just a few years,Newly has diverted 6.12 tons of waste from landfills; recycled 7,200 plastic water bottles into blankets; and saved 1.35 million gallons of water by using recycled thread. Newly.com GIFTS FOR GOOD NATURAL SPARKLE Putting the Sparkle Back Into Communities Jewelry designer Paula Mendoza grew up in Colombia surrounded by the reverence of Andean earth-mother figure Pachamama. When she decided to launch her jewelry brand,she spent months traveling around the southwestern region of Colombia, taking quality time to work with local artisans and learn about the symbols they use in their crafts. This hands-on experience sets her apart frommany of her contemporaries. She immerses herself in every aspect of her creations, from the design process; to sourcing raw,conflict-free materials like emeralds and gold from ethical Colombianmines; to working with local artisans in her Bogotánbased workshop. This work ethic has enabled her to fully support and give back tomarginalized communities and provide much-needed jobs. "To be sustainable,you first have to be sustainable with the people who work with you," says Mendoza. PaulaMendoza.com GEAR FOR GOOD Fashion That Fights Malaria Fifty percent of the world's population is at risk of malaria,and an infected child dies every twominutes. Providing bed nets treated with anti-malarial insecticide is one of the most cost-effective solutions to saving lives. Cotopaxi’s Nothing but Nets campaign has distributedmore than 660,000 bed nets since 2000. The brand creates sustainably designed outdoor gear that fuels adventure and global change and dedicates a percentage of its revenues to nonprofits working to improve the human condition. Cotopaxi founder Davis Smith witnessed first-hand the glaring hardship of unequal access to economic opportunity while growing up across Latin America and decided to build a brand that offered a solution. Cotopaxi is a certified Climate Neutral Corporation, a certified B Corporation,and uses sustainable or recycledmaterials. Every purchase helps provide an antimalarial mosquito net to a refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cotopaxi.com
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